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11.

Complete the fields and click the

Next

button.

After you log on or create your account, the filtering level screen displays:

12.

Select a filtering level and click the

Next

button.

The Setup is Complete screen displays.

13.

Click the

Take me to the status screen

button.

Parental controls are now set up for the modem router. The genie BASIC Home screen

displays Parental Controls as Enabled.

Use Keywords to Block Internet Sites

You can use keywords to block certain Internet sites from your network. You can use blocking

all the time or based on a schedule.



To block Internet sites:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the modem router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

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4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security >

Block Sites

.

5.

Select a keyword blocking option:

•

Per Schedule

. Use keyword blocking according to ta schedule you set. (See

Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

on page

29.)

•

Always

. Use keyword blocking continuously.

6.

In the

keyword

field, enter a keyword or domain that you want to block.

Here are some sample entries:

•

Specify XXX to block http://www.badstuff.com/xxx.html.

•

Specify .com if you want to allow only sites with domain suffixes such as .edu or .gov.

•

Enter a period (

.

) to block all Internet browsing access.

7.

Click the

Add Keyword button.

The keyword is added to the keyword list. The keyword list supports up to 32 entries.

8.

C

lick the

Apply

button.

Keyword blocking takes effect.



To delete keywords from the list:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the modem router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

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4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security >

Block Sites.

5.

Do one of the following:

•

To delete a single word, select it and click the

Delete Keyword button.

The keyword is removed from the list.

•

To delete all keywords on the list, click the Clear List button.

All keywords are removed from the list.

6.

Click t

he

Apply

button

.

Your changes are saved.

Block Services from the Internet

You can block Internet services on your network based on the type of service. You can block

services all the time or based on a schedule.



To block services:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the modem router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Block Services

.

5.

Specify when to block the services:

•

To block the services all the time, select the

Always

radio button.

•

To block the services based on a schedule, select the

Per Schedule

radio button.

For information about how to specify the schedule, see

Schedule When to Block

Internet Sites and Services

on page

29.

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6.

Click the

Add

button.

7.

To add a service that is in the

Service Type

list, select the application or service.

The settings for this service automatically display in the fields.

8.

To add a service or application that is not the list, select

User Defined.

a.

From the

Protocol

list, select a protocol. If you are not sure what protocol the service

or application uses, select

TCP/UDP

.

b.

Enter the starting port and ending port numbers:

•

If the service uses a single port number, enter that number in both fields.

•

To find out which port numbers the service or application uses, you can contact

the publisher of the application, ask user groups or news groups, or search on the

Internet.

9.

To specify how to filter the services, select a radio button:

•

Only This IP Address

. Block services for a single computer.

•

IP Address Range

. Block services for a range of computers with consecutive IP

addresses on your network.

•

All lP Addresses

. Block services for all computers on your network.

10.

Click the

Add button

.

Your changes are saved.

Schedule When to Block Internet Sites and Services

When you schedule blocking, the same schedule is used to block sites and to block services.

For information about how to specify what you want the modem router to block, see

Use

Keywords to Block Internet Sites

on page

26 and

Block Services from the Internet

on

page

28.

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

To schedule blocking:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the modem router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Schedule

.

5.

Specify when to block keywords and services:

•

Days to Block

. Select the check box for each day that you want to block the

keywords or select the

Every Day

check box, which automatically selects the check

boxes for all days.

•

Time of Day to Block

. Select a start and end time in 24-hour format, or select

All

Day

for 24-hour blocking.

6.

Select your time zone from the list.

7.

If you live in an area that observes daylight saving time, select the

Automatically adjust for

daylight savings time

check box.

8.

Click the

Apply

button.

Your settings are saved.

Avoid Blocking on a Trusted Computer

You can exempt one trusted computer from blocking. The computer you exempt must use a

fixed IP address. You can use the reserved IP address feature to specify the IP address. See

Reserve LAN IP Addresses

on page

51.



To specify a trusted computer:

1.

Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the

network.

2.

Type

http://routerlogin.net

or

.

A login screen displays.

3.

Enter the modem router user name and password.

The user name is

admin

. The default password is

password

. The user name and

password are case-sensitive.

The BASIC Home screen displays.

4.

Select

ADVANCED > Security > Block Sites

.